Hi All, Just wondering if anyone still used traveler’s checks when traveling in Asia? TIA Geno

How is the crime rate in Osaka compared to large western cities? I will be visiting Osaka next month as a tourist, so any useful advice will be appreciated...

We are an American couple who will be going to London and then on to India for a brief visit. Our agent has booked us on a theoretically best flight...

Just got my first Air Boss. Beautiful bag, very well made. However, I have one question for experienced travelers who have traveled with this and similar...

Are there any ninja suicide demonstrations? How about petting zoos for starving children in Calcutta? Are there any SARS museums, with dead patients in big...

New airport makes a statement about modern Thailand Connie Levett, Bangkok January 1, 2007 Thailand's shiny new state-of-the-art airport was designed to make...

If you're reading this, then you're probably looking for a more adventurous retirement option. Well, you've come to the right place. I hope this can ease your...

Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in Australia?), a socalled...

A few years back one US dollar bought 43 Thai bahts. Now merely 33 bahts. Euro is also in decline in Thailand. In 2005 one euro bought 50 bahts. Now only 43...

how much should i be expecting to pay for a cheap ticket london-to-bangkok, leaving early august, returning some time in september? is GBP670 all-inc. on klm...

I was looking at Bangkok Air's pages for a flight Koh Samui - Hua Hin. It does not appear to exist anymore !? I made that flight 3 years ago and was planning...

My wife, daughter (21 y.o.) and I will be taking a 19 day Ritz tour to China in mid-May. What would be the appropriate type of clothing to take? Is formal...

Hi all, I've never spent long enough in Thailand to warrant doing proper laundry (the washing in the sink trick has always been fine!). However, this time I'm...

Hi Am going to Beijing. Can anyone tell me how to ask for vegetarian food in China? What is the phrase to ensure I get pure vegetarian food, and not...

"Aly" wrote in message ... I am traveling through Singapore, with three friends...

Hi, I will soon be travelling to Honk Kong and then Singapore. I am wanting to do some electronics shopping - digital camera, mobile phone, video camera, etc....

Comrade T C Ky, Opportunity has arrived to sell another 30,000 Vietnamese girls, including potentially your daughters and sisters... into prostitution and...

Have a look at 7dayshop.com and look at the Nikon 3100. It's a very nice camera. I have one as my pocket digital camera. Images get a bit noisy in low light...

"Mattias Kardell" wrote in message ... Hi all! I just confirmed my trip...

I'd recently heard from someone that the shopping in the Philippines is excellent. Anyone else heard/know the same? We will be going there in Dec for the...